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Kelsey Hightower
@kelseyhightower.com
· Sep 21
At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything.
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At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything.
September 21, 2024 at 3:32 PM
At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything.
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There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
September 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
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🚨 OCTOBER 17 — NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY!
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
September 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🚨 OCTOBER 17 — NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY!
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
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We broke records for the biggest mobilizations in American history
Now it’s time to break the record for the largest early vote turnout in history
Now it’s time to break the record for the largest early vote turnout in history
🚨 OCTOBER 17 — NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY!
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms.
Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
September 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We broke records for the biggest mobilizations in American history
Now it’s time to break the record for the largest early vote turnout in history
Now it’s time to break the record for the largest early vote turnout in history
Have humans reached full potential? If the answer is no, what kind of investment would it take to move us forward?
September 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Have humans reached full potential? If the answer is no, what kind of investment would it take to move us forward?
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I just voted for @jamellebouie.net, @jcsalterego.bsky.social and @kelseyhightower.com in the 38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026. You get ten votes too.
Cast yours: bsky38.com
Cast yours: bsky38.com
38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026
Vote for the 38 most influential Bluesky posters of 2026.
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September 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I just voted for @jamellebouie.net, @jcsalterego.bsky.social and @kelseyhightower.com in the 38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026. You get ten votes too.
Cast yours: bsky38.com
Cast yours: bsky38.com
Never too early to check your voter registration. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
September 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Never too early to check your voter registration. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
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Somehow, the orange site is discussing something I wrote without the top comment being a racist riff on my name? This is progress!
September 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Somehow, the orange site is discussing something I wrote without the top comment being a racist riff on my name? This is progress!
Most of my life has been surrounded by this level of kindness. People I have never met take the time to say nice things and practice kindness. It's one of the reasons I still have faith in humanity.
I've never attended to any of your talk but watched some of the replays.
As a non-native English speaker the thing I most admire about you is how brilliantly you manage to express your thoughts with such clarity 🤌✨
As a non-native English speaker the thing I most admire about you is how brilliantly you manage to express your thoughts with such clarity 🤌✨
August 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Most of my life has been surrounded by this level of kindness. People I have never met take the time to say nice things and practice kindness. It's one of the reasons I still have faith in humanity.
Just when I think I'm done reading the comments. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
August 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Just when I think I'm done reading the comments. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I love this framing, but in reality we treat developers of our internal platforms like users, and not customers, because most enterprise developers cannot behave as customers, and are forced to use whatever the platform engineering team gives them.
Your developers aren't users of the platform.
They're customers.
@danielbryantuk.com explains why platform engineering needs a product mindset—and why APIs, automation, abstractions, and composability matter more than simply adding more tools.
Watch: youtu.be/ROBX-P7q1d8?...
They're customers.
@danielbryantuk.com explains why platform engineering needs a product mindset—and why APIs, automation, abstractions, and composability matter more than simply adding more tools.
Watch: youtu.be/ROBX-P7q1d8?...
Platform Engineering for Developers, Architects & the Rest of Us • Daniel Bryant • GOTO 2025
YouTube video by GOTO Conferences
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August 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I love this framing, but in reality we treat developers of our internal platforms like users, and not customers, because most enterprise developers cannot behave as customers, and are forced to use whatever the platform engineering team gives them.
Some people have reduced their own value to what can be accomplished with a computer, and consider anything that can match their limited capabilities to be as human as they are.
August 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Some people have reduced their own value to what can be accomplished with a computer, and consider anything that can match their limited capabilities to be as human as they are.
People don't hire AI agents, nor do people hire mouse and keyboards. AI agents are software tools; not people.
August 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
People don't hire AI agents, nor do people hire mouse and keyboards. AI agents are software tools; not people.
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CBC Kitchener-Waterloo wrote up my interview with them from last week about my book! See link for interview and short video :)
Do you ever wonder what our universe is made of? Waterloo astrophysicist's new book gives some insight | CBC News
What is the universe made of, and how do we know? Those are the questions Katie Mack, a Waterloo astrophysicist and researcher at Perimeter Institute seeks to answer in her new book, "How to Build a U...
www.cbc.ca
August 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo wrote up my interview with them from last week about my book! See link for interview and short video :)
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Telling everybody we just got the Nobel Prize
We've arrived on Bluesky!
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Stay tuned.
August 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Telling everybody we just got the Nobel Prize
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if you’ve never seen @kelseyhightower.com speak, he’s one of the best in the game at weaving deep knowledge into a captivating story
I’ve got a 30% off code for @wearedevelopers.bsky.social event in San Jose if you want to go see Kelsey and a bunch of other great speakers Sep 23–25:
I’ve got a 30% off code for @wearedevelopers.bsky.social event in San Jose if you want to go see Kelsey and a bunch of other great speakers Sep 23–25:
I am joining the world's leading developer event in US!
Join us for WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026: North America, the world's leading event for developers and AI-innovators! The event brings together brilliant speakers with a fant...
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August 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
if you’ve never seen @kelseyhightower.com speak, he’s one of the best in the game at weaving deep knowledge into a captivating story
I’ve got a 30% off code for @wearedevelopers.bsky.social event in San Jose if you want to go see Kelsey and a bunch of other great speakers Sep 23–25:
I’ve got a 30% off code for @wearedevelopers.bsky.social event in San Jose if you want to go see Kelsey and a bunch of other great speakers Sep 23–25:
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Finally starting to catch up on The Full Stack. @kelseyhightower.com and @jason.energy have produced an incredibly interesting and compelling show. My builder 🔥 is stoked!
Also, so great to see @ashley.dev as one of the guest judges. Miss ya, girl!
Also, so great to see @ashley.dev as one of the guest judges. Miss ya, girl!
August 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Finally starting to catch up on The Full Stack. @kelseyhightower.com and @jason.energy have produced an incredibly interesting and compelling show. My builder 🔥 is stoked!
Also, so great to see @ashley.dev as one of the guest judges. Miss ya, girl!
Also, so great to see @ashley.dev as one of the guest judges. Miss ya, girl!
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It was a long talk with @kelseyhightower.com that got me to move from Mastodon and to delete my (then dormant) X account. He convinced me that AT and Bluesky were the right combination of technology and stewardship.
My opinion: ANYONE posting on X is supporting Musk (by donating content).
My opinion: ANYONE posting on X is supporting Musk (by donating content).
Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
Open-source champion Kelsey Hightower on the promise of Bluesky
Ann O’Dea spoke to US software engineer and open-source champion Kelsey Hightower about the promise of the AT protocol.
www.siliconrepublic.com
August 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It was a long talk with @kelseyhightower.com that got me to move from Mastodon and to delete my (then dormant) X account. He convinced me that AT and Bluesky were the right combination of technology and stewardship.
My opinion: ANYONE posting on X is supporting Musk (by donating content).
My opinion: ANYONE posting on X is supporting Musk (by donating content).
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Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
Open-source champion Kelsey Hightower on the promise of Bluesky
Ann O’Dea spoke to US software engineer and open-source champion Kelsey Hightower about the promise of the AT protocol.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
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@kelseyhightower.com’s wish list
Buddhism in the wild (photo by Jerry Feldman, Target Honolulu)
August 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
@kelseyhightower.com’s wish list
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This was my favourite episode. It was heart-warming to see some teams grow and as a programmer, I've picked up a bunch of lessons abut building great products too!
It's been years since I led a morning standup and advised teams on how to ship the best products possible. Thanks to @awscloud.bsky.social and @codetv.dev I got the chance to do it again, but this time for the whole world to see. Check me out as I host The Full Stack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5I2...
August 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This was my favourite episode. It was heart-warming to see some teams grow and as a programmer, I've picked up a bunch of lessons abut building great products too!
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Came across a dev saying they couldn’t do their job without LLMs now just like they wouldn’t have been able to do their job without being able to copy and paste from Stack Overflow 5 years ago
August 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Came across a dev saying they couldn’t do their job without LLMs now just like they wouldn’t have been able to do their job without being able to copy and paste from Stack Overflow 5 years ago
What is the US national debt? $39,829,652,708,623 fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-fin...
August 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
What is the US national debt? $39,829,652,708,623 fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-fin...
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I'm tired. Not retired.
I'm retired. Not tired.
Dude are you retired or not
August 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I'm tired. Not retired.
I'm retired. Not tired.
Dude are you retired or not
August 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm retired. Not tired.